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TIL that there is an actual medical term called “Sense of Impending Doom”

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kLke TIL There is An Annual Wife-Carrying Contest in Finland called Eukankanto, Where The Reward is The Wife’s Weight in Beer
kOrdd TIL that the appendix is not useless. Based on known facts, researchers asserted in 2007 that it stores beneficial bacteria to repopulate the body should it be purged of that bacteria by illness. An experiment then showed the disease C-diff to reoccur 4x more often in those without an appendix.
AD1Bg TIL: That the old mnemonic of "Red touches black, it’s a friend of Jack" for coral snakes isn't reliable.
6EVbX TIL cannabis and hops are in the same family, Cannabaceae. It’s also why sometimes you open a beer and it smells just a little bit like weed.
yyvM TIL Congress and the President have nothing to fear from a shutdown - they will always get paid. Members of the military (and many others) get screwed instead.